Quotes By Freddie Mercury

The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.

Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?

We were disliked by the press in the early days because they couldn't put their finger on us, and that was the case with Zeppelin as well.

It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.

But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.

I dress to kill, but tastefully.

What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.

When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.

Who wants to live forever?

And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product.

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.

I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.

We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear .

The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs.

I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.

If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.

I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.

In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.

I guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime.

Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.

You know, I designed the Queen crest. I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs-and I don't even believe in astrology.

We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.

Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin.